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Articles, podcasts, panels and talks on the operational gaps that quietly break B2B marketing — and what leaders can do about them.
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11 pieces
From AI Hype to GTM Impact
Recorded live in London, AI – Beyond The Hype brought together senior marketing leaders for a candid discussion on what AI adoption looks like beyond the noise — from buyer behaviour and brand trust to content engagement, operational efficiency and pipeline influence.
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The 7 traits of content: empathy
Tony joins Lucy Allen and behavioural scientist Ginny Follen to unpack why empathy is a competitive advantage in B2B content — turning functional messaging into something people actually feel understood by.
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B2B Marketers: Off The Record
Tony sits down with Freya Ward to talk about the evolution of B2B marketing, the rise of empowered buyers, why standardised process and language matter, and how AI is reshaping deal analysis and attribution.
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Channel Zone Podcast — S4 Ep9
Tony joins host Mark Edwards to talk fractional CMO work, senior marketing leadership, and what actually moves the needle in B2B go-to-market.
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How Leaders Can Save the Career Ladder From AI
Tony joins the WMYT? team to talk about what AI is doing to the marketing career ladder — and what senior leaders can do to keep the rungs intact.
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Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody
Richard Olver shared a poem his dad kept on his office wall — four decades old, still the sharpest diagnosis of accountability drift in B2B marketing.
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Sales has MEDDPICC. Why doesn't marketing have a standard?
Sales runs on shared qualification language. Marketing runs on missing SOPs and inconsistent metrics — so the same campaign gets judged four different ways. A case for a common marketing standard.
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Stop Measuring Market Share. Start Measuring Shortlist.
Market share is a lagging vanity metric in B2B. What actually predicts revenue is whether your brand makes the buyer's shortlist — and how often.
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Five AI Platforms Were Asked to Settle a Pub Argument. None Could Agree.
The same question put to five AI answer engines returned five confident, contradictory answers. If the machines can't agree on a settled fact, what are they telling your buyers about your category?
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NPS RIP: Has B2B's Ultimate Zombie Metric Finally Met Its Maker?
Joel Harrison argues that Net Promoter Score has long outlived its usefulness in B2B — a zombie metric that boards still quote while it tells nobody anything useful about buying groups, revenue, or trust.
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How Leaders Can Save the Career Ladder From AI
A conversation on what leaders owe their teams when AI reshapes the career ladder — and how to keep people climbing instead of being displaced.
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